The album was released just two days before the iconic star passed away on January 16.

David Bowie’s final album Blackstar is still picking up awards (Picture: PA)

His close friend and fellow musician Iggy Pop collected the award for the Ziggy stardust creator, accepting the award via a touching and heartfelt video message.

The Stooges frontman shared how he and Bowie ‘shared digs in London at a beautiful old Victorian house that was looked after by a lady named Mrs Potter,’ before saying that his close friend didn’t want to miss the South Bank show when it aired on TV.

Iggy Pop picked up the posthumous award on his behalf (Picture: Getty Images)

‘Later, producer Tony Visconti brought over a big load of the shows which we would watch to interrupt the hilarity of the Monty Python stuff,’ he said.

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Host and South Bank Show presenter Lord Melvyn Bragg told London’s Savoy hotel that: ‘Despite the horror of recent events, these awards show what great shape the arts are in.’

‘They prove the power and vibrancy of our country and place the UK at the centre of the arts world.

‘The arts have defied gravity in this country for decades, and now they are more powerful and welcome than ever,’ the long-running South Bank show host told the audience.